**** REPLICATION FILE for Foreign Interventions and Community Cohesion in Times of Conflict***
**** Author: Sarah Langlotz ******************************************************************
**** Journal: Journal fo Development Economics************************************************
**** Version: February 2026*******************************************************************

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A] Folder description 

 After downloading the replication package from the Harvard Dataverse, please create the following three Folders in your working directory:
	- "processed"
	- "graphs"
	- "tables"

Move all datasets beginning with finaldata* into the folder processed/.

Follow the instructions in the dofiles replication_NRVA.do, replication_SAP.do, replication_ANQAR.do and replication_districtlevel to reproduce the tables and graphs of the main paper.



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B] Data access restrictions

Please note that some data used in this study are subject to data-sharing agreements and therefore cannot be shared in raw form. 
Researchers wishing to access these data may contact the author for guidance on obtaining them through the respective providers.

- ANQAR Data: Access restricted by agreement with NATO (Joint Assessments Division, Headquarters Joint Forces Command Brunssum).
- NRVA Data: Collected by the Central Statistical Office of Afghanistan; access available prior to 2021.
- PRT Project Data: Reconstruction data from NATO’s C3 Agency’s Afghanistan Country Stability Picture (ACSP), shared by Travers B. Child. Aggregate (district-year) data included in this package.
- SIGACTs Data: Shared in aggregate (district-year) form by Austin L. Wright and Andrew Shaver. Aggregate (district-year) data included in this package.



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C] Contents of this replication package

1. Survey of the Afghan People (SAP): Use finaldata_hhlevel_AF_external.dta with replication_SAP.do to reproduce SAP-based results in the main paper.

2. District-level analysis:Use finaldata_districtlevel.dta with replication_districtlevel.do to reproduce district-level results.

3. NRVA and ANQAR data:Variables derived from restricted NRVA and ANQAR sources are replaced by random numbers in finaldata_hhlevel_NRVA_external.dta and finaldata_hhlevel_ANQAR_all_external.dta.
Corresponding tables and figures can be reproduced with replication_NRVA.do and replication_ANQAR.do.




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D] Variable definitions	

See Appendix C of the paper for full variable definitions and sources.


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E] Additional materials (available upon request)

Do-files that transform raw into processed data.
Replication materials for appendix tables and figures.
Requests can be addressed to the author (See website for current email address: https://sites.google.com/view/sarah-langlotz/home).